Moyle, John, Building Augusta, Kansas
National Register of Historic Places Data
Moyle, John, Building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 14000347
- Date Listed
- June 27, 2014
- Name
- Moyle, John, Building
- Other Names
- KHRI # 015-785; Royal Plains Hotel; Ashland Hotel; Renfro Hotel; Navarre Hotel
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 605 & 607 N. State St.
- City/Town
- Augusta
- County
- Butler
- State
- Kansas
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- COMMERCE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The John Moyle building was built in 1918 to house retail spaces and a hotel. The building was constructed during a time of rapid growth and development, largely in response to the booming oil and gas industry in surrounding Butler County. Moyie was president of the local Chamber of Commerce when he financed the construction of this building. It is nominated under Criterion A for its local significance in the area of Commerce.
